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About the Role
BCD Meetings & Events is seeking an experienced Senior Event Planner to manage the end-to-end planning and delivery of conferences and events for our client’s Global Conferencing and Events (GCE) function. This client-dedicated role requires close partnership with internal stakeholders, vendors, and support teams. The ideal candidate is highly organized, service-oriented, and adept at managing multiple programs in a fast-paced, regulated corporate environment.
Responsibilities
- Manage events from intake through reconciliation, including timelines, budgets, venues, vendors, attendee communications, production, onsite delivery, and post-event reporting.
- Build trusted relationships with event hosts and stakeholders, understanding their objectives, and translating them into clear, executable event plans.
- Bring creativity and fresh thinking to event concepts, participant experiences, and solutions while working within brand, budget, compliance, and operational requirements.
- Manage multiple programs and priorities while proactively identifying risks, dependencies, decisions, and items requiring escalation.
- Partner effectively with client's event support teams, including Attendee Data Management and Web Specialists, to ensure coordinated delivery and a consistent participant experience.
- Utilize Cvent and other event technology to support registration, communications, reporting, and event delivery.
- Follow established processes, financial controls, compliance requirements, and service standards while maintaining accurate documentation in shared event folders.
- Provide calm, solutions-focused support during planning and onsite execution, adapting quickly when requirements change.
Requirements
- 10+ years of demonstrated experience planning corporate meetings, conferences, leadership programs, or other complex events, preferably within the financial industry.
- Strong project management, organization, budgeting, negotiation, and attention-to-detail skills.
- Experience working within a financial services or similarly regulated environment.
- Proficiency with Cvent, Microsoft 365, and event reporting or project-tracking tools.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a polished and professional approach to senior stakeholders.
- A collaborative, accountable working style and the flexibility to support occasional travel, early mornings, evenings, or onsite event requirements.
- Occasional travel and onsite event management are required for this role.
- Less than 25% travel.
Skills
- Event planning
- Budget management
- Vendor management
- Attendee communication
- Onsite event delivery
- Post-event reporting
- Stakeholder relationship management
- Event technology
- Cvent
- Microsoft 365
- Project management
- Organization
- Negotiation
- Attention to detail
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
Location
- New York, NY
Work Type
- In-office
- Hybrid
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Senior
- 10+ years
Salary/Compensations
- $105,000 - $120,000
Benefits
- Flexible working environment
- Learning and development opportunities
- Comprehensive healthcare
- Retirement plans
- Continued education support
- Diverse work locations
- Travel and hotel discounts
- Volunteer and sustainability opportunities
- Employee recognition program
About the Company
- BCD Meetings & Events provides meeting and event planning services, creating connections that inspire, motivate and change behavior.
- BCD M&E is the world’s most trusted and innovative meetings and events agency, cultivating a culture of people, passion, and purpose.
- Headquartered in Chicago, with locations in 60+ countries and a team of 2,000+ people committed to sustainability and driving success.
- BCD M&E believes the best outcomes come from combining human expertise, innovation, and responsible AI, investing in technology and talent to solve complex challenges and create exceptional experiences.